Bangor, ME: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 53.7°F in Bangor, ME, the coldest May since 2020, 45th coldest of 98.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 53.7°F; Coldest since 2020; 45th coldest of 98
Precipitation: 2.71 in; Driest since 2022; 39th driest of 93

A normal May in Bangor, ME (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 54.4°F, between 51.5°F and 57.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.39 in of precipitation, between 1.77 in and 4.90 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Bangor, ME since 1926: 53.7°F in 2026; the lowest is 47°F, in 1967.

Normal range, 51.5 to 57.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Bangor, ME from 1926 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	53.7	54	65.3	51	42.1	60	2.71	55	0
2025	54.9	37	64	65	45.8	11	5.44	8	0
2024	57.4	12	68.6	20	46.2	8	3.61	35	0
2023	54.6	40	67.7	24	41.6	69	2.95	50	0
2022	56.7	19	69.7	15	43.7	33	2.11	72	0
2021	55	33	66.9	34	43	45	1.82	79	0
2020	53.4	58	65.5	50	41.4	72	2.22	70	0
2019	51.1	89	61	88	41.2	75	4.43	22	0
2018	57.1	17	69.9	14	44.2	26	2.37	65	0
2017	52.7	65	62.3	78	43.2	41	6.36	5	0
2016	55.2	32	66.2	41	44.2	26	2.09	74	0
2015	57.4	12	70.1	13	44.6	23	2.32	66	0
2014	54.5	42	65	54	44.1	30	3.31	44	0
2013	53.5	55	64.9	55	42.2	55	4.55	18	0
2012	56.6	20	66.1	44	47.1	4	5.12	12	0
2011	55.4	30	63.6	68	47.1	4	3.51	38	0
2010	58.1	9	70.5	8	45.6	13	1.73	82	0
2009	53.3	59	64.7	59	41.9	62	3.94	31	0
2008	53.2	60	64.9	55	41.5	71	3.53	36	0
2007	54.2	49	66.2	41	42.2	55	3.29	45	0
2006	56	23	66.5	36	45.5	14	4.12	27	0
2005	50.2	93	58.3	95	42.1	60	5.18	11	0
2004	53.9	52	64.6	60	43.2	41	4.47	20	0
2003	52.5	69	62.9	72	42.2	55	3.37	43	0
2002	51.5	83	62.4	75	40.7	79	2.51	59	0
2001	56	23	69.7	15	42.3	54	1.51	84	0
2000	51.5	83	61.7	83	41.2	75	4.24	25	0
1999	55	33	67	33	42.9	49	2.67	57	0
1998	59	4	70.3	11	47.8	1	1.77	81	0
1997	50.2	93	61.5	86	38.9	92	3.40	42	0
1996	54.5	42	68.8	19	40.3	84	4.88	14	0
1995	54.5	42	68.3	21	40.7	79	3.65	34	0
1994	52.7	65	62.4	75	43.1	43	3.44	41	0
1993	55.7	25	67.2	31	44.2	26	1.82	79	0
1992	54.1	51	67.4	28	40.7	79	0.94	91	0
1991	57.6	11	70.4	10	44.8	22	3.27	46	0
1990	51.9	78	61.7	83	42.2	55	5.40	9	0
1989	57.3	14	67.3	30	47.2	3	7.65	1	0
1988	56.2	21	67.1	32	45.4	17	1.95	76	0
1987	55	33	66.3	40	43.6	35	2.11	72	0
1986	55.5	28	65.6	49	45.4	17	4.66	17	0
1985	53.5	55	64.6	60	42.4	52	2.82	53	0
1984	51.7	81	61.5	86	41.9	62	7.38	2	0
1983	52.3	73	60	90	44.5	25	7.33	3	0
1982	54.7	39	66.4	39	43	45	0.53	92	0
1981	56.2	21	66.1	44	46.2	8	2.23	69	0
1980	53.2	60	64.6	60	41.7	66	2.07	75	0
1979	55	33	63.5	69	46.5	7	4.70	16	0
1978	54.5	42	65.7	48	43.3	38	2.41	64	0
1977	54.4	47	66.7	35	42.2	55	1.39	86	0
1976	53.9	52	64.6	60	43.3	38	3.46	40	0
1975	56.8	18	68.1	22	45.5	14	1.40	85	0
1974	49	96	57.7	96	40.3	84	4.87	15	0
1973	50.3	92	57.6	97	43	45	4.40	23	0
1972	54.2	49	65.2	53	43.1	43	2.65	58	0
1971	52.5	69	61.9	82	43	45	4.05	28	0
1970	52.3	73	62.1	80	42.4	52	3.53	36	0
1969	51.5	83	62.4	75	40.5	83	2.81	54	0
1968	52.8	64	64	65	41.6	69	4.55	18	0
1967	47	98	56.4	98	37.6	97	5.40	9	0
1966	52	77	62.9	72	41.2	75	2.28	68	0
1965	52.2	75	62.8	74	41.7	66	1.93	77	0
1964	55.7	25	67.9	23	43.5	36	1.60	83	0
1963	52.4	72	63.3	71	41.4	72	2.69	56	0
1962	51.8	80	62.2	79	41.4	72	1.32	88	0
1961	51.9	78	62.1	80	41.8	65	7.29	4	0
1960	58.3	7	69.3	17	47.4	2	3.76	33	0
1959	57.2	15	68.9	18	45.5	14	1.00	90	0
1958	50.9	91	60	90	41.7	66	4.15	26	0
1957	55.7	25	67.6	25	43.9	32	2.19	71	0
1956	48.1	97	58.5	94	37.8	95	2.44	61	0
1955	55.5	28	65.8	47	45.1	19	2.43	62	0
1954	51.3	87	59	93	43.5	36	3.98	30	0
1953	54.9	37	66	46	43.7	33	2.95	50	1
1952							3.48	39	31
1951							3.92	32	31
1950							0.35	93	31
1949	59.1	2	71.6	5	46.6	6	2.96	49	0
1948	51.4	86	59.4	92	43.3	38	6.26	6	0
1947	51	90	61.7	83	40.2	87			0
1946	51.7	81	63.5	69	39.9	89			0
1945	49.5	95	60.3	89	38.6	94			0
1944	55.3	31	70.6	7	39.9	89			0
1943	52.5	69	64.9	55	40.2	87	4.32	24	0
1942	54.5	42	66.5	36	42.5	50	2.31	67	0
1941	52.7	65	67.5	27	37.8	95			0
1940	52.9	63	66.2	41	38.8	93			2
1939	51.2	88	64.9	55	37.6	97			0
1938	54.6	40	67.4	28	41.9	62	4.45	21	0
1937	59.3	1	73.6	1	45	20	4.04	29	1
1936	57.2	15	70.3	11	44.2	26	3.20	48	0
1935	54.4	47	67.6	25	41.1	78	1.26	89	0
1934	59.1	2	72.6	4	45.7	12	1.37	87	1
1933	58.7	5	72.8	3	44.6	23	2.47	60	0
1932	58.5	6	72.9	2	44.1	30	2.43	62	0
1931	58.3	7	70.5	8	46.1	10	2.91	52	0
1930	57.9	10	70.9	6	44.9	21	3.27	46	0
1929	52.7	65	65.3	51	40.7	79	5.61	7	1
1928	53.5	55	64.5	64	42.5	50	5.06	13	0
1927	52.2	75	64	65	40.3	84			0
1926	53	62	66.5	36	39.4	91	1.88	78	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	59.3
1949	59.1
1934	59.1
1998	59
1933	58.7
1932	58.5
1960	58.3
1931	58.3
2010	58.1
1930	57.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1967	47
1956	48.1
1974	49
1945	49.5
2005	50.2
1997	50.2
1973	50.3
1958	50.9
1947	51
2019	51.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1989	7.65
1984	7.38
1983	7.33
1961	7.29
2017	6.36
1948	6.26
1929	5.61
2025	5.44
1990	5.40
1967	5.40

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1950	0.35
1982	0.53
1992	0.94
1959	1.00
1935	1.26
1962	1.32
1934	1.37
1977	1.39
1975	1.40
2001	1.51

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 30°F; 9 May 2026, 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.26 in; 25 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 2.71 in of precipitation in Bangor, ME, the driest May since 2022, 39th driest of 93.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Bangor, ME: 89°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Bangor, ME: a low of 30°F on Saturday 9 May 2026 and Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Bangor, ME: 1.26 in on Monday 25 May 2026.